Books

Sunday, 24 December 2006 16:34
Jethro Borsje

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Besides being busy with IT and music I like to read books. This ranges from action and thriller novells to philosophical literature.

I like to read books about philosophy and other aspects of human life (like psychology), because of two things. In the first place it is very interesting to see how other people look at the world. But more importantly: these other views make me constantly think and reevaluate the way I view the world. For example: I am not a communist, however, the books of Karl Marx made me think about how wealth is divided in this world and about how we handle the labor force. Books about Socrates, Plato, and Aristoteles gave me insight in how the thought and acted. It also provided me with knowledge about the very foundations of philosophy. Below, you will find a list of books I own (and off course, have read) about philosophy and other aspects of human life. However this list is not conclusive.

Writer

Title

Karl Marx

Das Kapital

Karl Marx

Communist Manifest

Peter Singer

Marx

C.C.W. Taylor

Socrates

R.M. Hare

Plato

Jonathan Barnes

Aristoteles

Adam Smith

The Wealth of Nations

Nicollo Machiavelli

The Prince

Danah Zohar & Ian Marshall

Connecting with Our Spiritual Intelligence

Daniel Goleman

Emotional Intelligence

Spinoza

Ethica

Bernard Mandeville

The Story of the Bees, or Private Vices, Public Benefit

Bernard Mandeville

A Modest Defence of Public Stews

John Stuart Mill

On Liberty

Various

The Bible

I also like to learn more about the stories behind the music, so I also posses a lot of books concerning music and artists. Below you will find a list of books I have, with respect to music. Again, please note that this list is not conclusive.